First Presbyterian Church (Hickory, North Carolina)

First Presbyterian Church
Location 2nd St. and 3rd Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′7″N 81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°W / 35.73528; -81.34028Coordinates: 35°44′7″N 81°20′25″W / 35.73528°N 81.34028°W / 35.73528; -81.34028
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1905-1906
Architect Bowman Brothers; Et al.
Architectural style Romanesque, American Four Square
MPS Hickory MRA
NRHP Reference # 85000585[1]
Added to NRHP March 15, 1985

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue NW in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1905–1906, and is a Romanesque Revival-style church sheathed in granite. The front facade features square towers of unequal height. Attached to the church in 1928, is a three-story granite block Education Building with a flat roof and crenelated cornice. Also on the property is the former manse; a two-story, American Foursquare dwelling with a low hipped roof, overhanging eaves, and hipped dormer.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips and Jim Sumner (June 1983). "First Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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